Table pad



Patented .lune 12, 1923i.

HENRYy SILVER, F HEIBKIER, N '203K TABLE PAD.

Application led october 1, 1921. Serial No. M.

To all 'wwmit may concern.' t

Be it known that I, HENRY SILVER, a citizen of the Province of Poland, Russia, andresident of Herkimer, in the county of Herkimer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Table Pads, of which the ollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to table pads, and

particularly' to a device intended to prevent when used the marking of the finish of articles of furniture incident to the weight of articles which may rest on the furniture, especially where thel articles are heavy, such table pad being designated by me as a furniture nish protector.

It is well known that even though the 0rdinary pads are employed between lamps, ornaments and the like and the surface of an article of furnitureJ on which they rest, the pressure or weight of the article compresses the pad to such an extent as to cause the varnish of the furniture to become impaired or marked,`and if a pad is not interposed between the furniture and the article, the furniture becomes scratched and defacedg It is an object of this invention, therefore, to produce a pad having the desirable uality of neutralizing shock and weight o the character indicated, to such an extent as to render it unlikely that the pad will become so distorted as to localize the weight supporting portions of the pad. In the pad of the invention where the weight is somewhat localized atvthe top on it, the weight 1s distributed, to a great extent, by the ller of the ad, and thls, 1n connection with a coating o novel character, maintains the varnish or finish of the table or other'article of furniture in a state which precludes its bein injured', to 'the extent that it is injured, un er ordinaryv conditions of use.

It is a furtherobject of -this invention to produce a pad of the character indicatedI which mayr'be made ornamental, useful and which will prove comparatively inexpensive to manufaeture, the article when not used as a table pad being capable of use to wax 5o the surface of furniture by "rubbing the under side of the pad upon the surface, after which such 'surface with the wax applied thereto may be polished. l

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of where the article restsconstruction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fullyl set forth and claimed.

T c accompanying drawing illustrates the invention by a perspective view, partly in section.

Referring to 'the drawing, l indicates a rigid fibrous body such as paper board of appropriate thickness having the usual smooth surfaces, theinner portion being less dense than its upper and lower surfaces, the fibrous interior being absorbent. The body portion is cut to suitable size and shape for use as a table pad, the finished article being adapted for use not only as a table pad, but also as a ad for shop and show window use (liipon Whlch to place and display merchanlse.

The rigid bod 1 of fibrous material when cut to shape is oiled in parain wax for a length of time suiiicient to impregnate it with the liquefied wax, and after such treatment the' body has applied thereto a comparatively thick surface covering 2 of the same material. Thesurface covering vis re.- 'y moved from one side in any suitable manner, as by scrapin thus leaving on one side of the body 1 and t e margin thereof a covering of wax. The upper side then has applied thereto a dense coating or film of glue',

or other adhesive material 3, which is utilized to hold in place a covering 4 of such character as to provide an ornamental upper surface, as is commonly used upon table mats. rlhecoating 3 serves to revent the g parailin wax being drawn through the covering 4, as in use the wax is liable to be drawn by convection when a heated dish or object rests upon the mat.

I' prefer to use a solidified paraiin wax 9 for the reason that it is translucent. It is also a suitable material for polishing the surface of furniture when applied thereto and rubbed. Paraiiin wax when ap lied as a base, to a pieceI of bre-board ren ers the same practically niseless, and not bein brittle, will not scratch the surface to whic it is a plied. Further, parain wax, when rubbe upon the nished surface on which the pad is placed, will obliterate, or render less apparent, scratchesor defacement of the previously polished surface. Furthermore, this wax is translucent and this property is utilized by' me because it will not obscurev y the coloring, texture or any printedv matter, no

for instance, a trade mark and directions for use, that may be applied to the under surface of the table mat.

Before the application of the wax to the bodyl orbase 1 of the ad, Imay attach or impress to what will the body 1 in use, a label or printed impression of a trade mark and directions for use, or other printed matter.

I claim:

1. As an improved article of manufacture, a table mat or pad comprising a rigid body of fibrous material impregnated and coated the under side ofv meager on one side only with Vparaiin wax, the opposite side having thereon a coating of vadhesive material. Y f

2. As an improved article 'of manufacture, a pad consisting of a rigid body made up of iibrous paper stock which isfimpregriated with paraim wax, a'coating of like material intimatel connected to one face only of the rigid bodgf portion, said pad or mat having on the opposite side a coating of adhesive material in film-like form, and a covering held in place by said adhesive.

HENRY SILVER. 

